Khrushchev Denounces Stalinist Regime
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Wars, Battles, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Communism, Communists, Dictatorships, Dictators, Tyrants, Human Rights, Cold War
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Moscow, Soviet Union, Russia, Europe
- Date: February 25, 1956
Article abstract: In a stunning four-hour speech to the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev exposed for the first time political repression under Joseph Stalin.
Summary of Event
Joseph Stalin’s victory over his political rivals and his accession to power as the leader of the Soviet Union in 1928 marked the beginning of a quarter-century of brutal suppression of the Soviet people’s political and ideological freedoms. It signaled a reversal of rather moderate and more flexible policies espoused by the...
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